First, it's a trojan, not a virus--get your terminology straight: virii
automagically execute and do their damage, trojans need intervention to
execute (Melissa virus indeed...). Secondly, as a trojan, you have to
execute it on a winbox, so there shouldn't be much problem on a Debian
list. Third,
On Sun, 9 May 1999, Kenneth Sims wrote:
> Why did you (Alexander Gutfraind <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) just send a virus
> (HAPPY99.EXE) to the debian-user list?
He probably didn't realize that he sent it. Happy99 sends itself to
everyone that the user sends a message to in the background. The user does
Kenneth Sims wrote:
> Why did you (Alexander Gutfraind <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) just send a
> virus (HAPPY99.EXE) to the debian-user list?
That's how the "HAPPY99" virus propogates itself; the sender isn't
even aware that it's attached.
Hey, Ken: get a virus scanner. Or better yet, dump Winblows. :-
Why did you (Alexander Gutfraind <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) just send a virus
(HAPPY99.EXE) to the debian-user list?
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